Looking for ideas on how to make this work. Numbers are roughs, not fully accurate. Trying to help a RE client NOT sell and buy; I don't think he should. Context: Home purchased in 2020 with 2.5% first mortgage (currently ~300 owed) Wife opened 2nd mortgage at 6.5% (currently ~150 owed) ~350k in ...
Has anyone else noticed that STR amenities are starting to turn into an arms race? A few years ago it seemed like a clean property, decent furniture, and a good location was enough. Now every other listing has a hot tub, sauna, golf simulator, pickleball court, rooftop deck, cold plunge, kayaks, ...
I matched 21,000 house sales against 3,300 duplex sales to settle whether house hacking actually beats buying a house. Here's the method and the result. Everybody has an opinion on this and almost nobody has run it on equal terms, so I tried to build the comparison carefully. Tell me where it bre...
I ranked all 16 St. Paul neighborhoods by duplex appreciation over 11 years. The ranking is almost exactly inverse to price. Method below, then the numbers, then where I think it breaks. Tell me what I got wrong. THE DATA 4,064 closed 2-4 unit sales in Saint Paul, December 2012 through September ...
Join LIFT (Ladies Investing for Tomorrow) on October 22nd at North Garden Theater in St. Paul for a full day designed to fuel your growth, sharpen your skills, and connect you with powerhouse women in real estate. Your ticket includes lunch, a drink, fun new LIFT swag and an amazing lineup of spe...
I matched 828 St. Paul small multifamily buildings that sold twice since 2012, and here's what the owners actually made. Most appreciation numbers are averages of different properties in different years, which means changes in the mix of what sold get counted as changes in value. Repeat sales avo...
I analyzed 10,925 duplex, triplex and fourplex sales to test whether St. Paul's rent control hurt values, and the results surprised me. This is a long post, but I think the methodology matters more than the headline, so I'm showing my work. Tell me what I got wrong. BACKGROUND St. Paul passed ren...
Everyone in real estate says "buy in the off-season." I wanted to know if the data actually backs it up. So I pulled 4,896 single-family sales across Highland Park, Mac-Groveland, Union Park and West 7th - six years, October 2020 through September 2026 - and measured what buyers actually paid rel...
Any new investors friendly groups or meet ups in the Twin cities? Would love to connect with people in the space